If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The heart asks pleasure first And then, excuse from pain- And then, those… Read More Poems by Emily E. Dickinson: HEARTS

Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over the garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Comes and whispers to you As a beautiful friend Who remembers.   Under the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in the dusk Of the wild red leaves, Love, with little hands, Comes and touches you… Read More UNDER THE HARVEST MOON by Carl Sandburg

Come a little bit closer Hear what I have to say Just like children sleepin’ We could dream this night away. But there’s a full moon risin’ Let’s go dancin’ in the light We know where the music’s playin’ Let’s go out and feel the night. Because I’m still in love with you I want… Read More HARVEST MOON (Neil Young)

I caught you knockin’ At my cellar door I love you, baby, Can I have some more Ooh, ooh, the damage done. I hit the city and I lost my band I watched the needle Take another man Gone, gone, the damage done. I sing the song Because I love the man I know that… Read More THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE (Neil Young

I want to live, I want to give I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold. It’s these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold. And I’m getting old. Keep me searching for a heart of gold And I’m getting old. I’ve been to Hollywood I’ve been to… Read More HEART OF GOLD (Neil Young)

“Certe notti la radio che passa Neil Young sembra avere capito chi sei”. (Luciano Ligabue) Neil Percival Young, (born 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He released his first album in 1968 and has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career, spanning over 45 years and 35 studio albums, with a continuous exploration… Read More Domani: Neil Young

“Blackbird” Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be… Read More Lezione di martedì scorso: THE BEATLES

L’ “esperimento di poesia” proposto per tradurre in versi il testo della Lettera contenuta nel romanzo, è stato così da me interpretato:  LA REALTA’ ABDICATA  * Non ti muovere, signore mio amato. Non aver paura, nessuno ci vedrà Ti voglio guardare. Altre volte l’ho fatto, ma non eri per me. Ora sei qui, lunga è… Read More LA REALTA’ ABDICATA (da Seta)

Per concludere il Corso sulla Poesia D’Amore nelle varie epoche, il prof Rizzi ha proposto una “esperimento di poesia” per tradurre in versi il testo della Lettera contenuta nel romanzo Ecco la trama di SETA (1996),  romanzo breve di Alessandro Baricco da cui è stato tratto anche un film dallo stesso titolo. La storia è … Read More “Seta” di Alessandro BARICCO